The impact of surface flux parameterizations on the modelling of the North Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1860-1879

  Paiva, A M ^a   Chassignet, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WATER RESOURCES;

FRESHWATER FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE FLUX;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035388490     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<1860:TIOSFP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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